Phenolic resins manufacturing · Ohio

Durez Corporation Kenton

Kenton, OH · ~60 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Durez Corporation Kenton runs at 327% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Phenolic resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Durez Corporation Kenton: 10.8 TCR = 327% of Phenolic resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Durez Corporation Kenton safety composite

Durez Corporation Kenton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Durez Corporation Kenton: 6.7 → 12.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 15.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2019

Durez Corporation Kenton's TCR rose 5.9 from 6.7 in 2016 to 12.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Kenton, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 327% of ind

  • DART 9.5 DART
  • RANK #49/52
  • PHOTO DeKALB Molded Plastics
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DeKALB Molded Plastics (0.1 TCR gap)

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Durez Corporation Kenton in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Durez Corporation Kenton averages 10.8 TCR (327% of the Phenolic resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Durez Corporation Kenton TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=15.8 · 2019=12.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Durez Corporation Kenton falls in its industry

644 Phenolic resins manufacturing establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 52 Phenolic resins manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Durez Corporation Kenton (60 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Durez Corporation Kenton
Durez Corporation Kenton (60 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Durez Corporation Kenton has fewer employees than the Phenolic resins manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2019 12.6 9.5 8 0 0
2018 15.8 15.8 5 5 0
2017 8.1 4.8 4 1 0
2016 6.7 5.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · OH · Kenton

644 Phenolic resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 25 employers in Kenton, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR DeKALB Molded Plastics 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Durez Corporation Niagara Falls Plant 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milwaukee Composites, Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Astro Plastics - Georgia 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE White House Fruit Farm Inc 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wholesale 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity West 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gutknecht Construction Company 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kenton OH 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5355 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hardin Memorial Hospital 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5355 207 FTE
NAT-TCR Inclusion North 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR West Coast Insulated Glass Products 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wendy's Store #331 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bigler plant 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Scherer Construction of North Florida 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heucotech Ltd. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. --Fairmont 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Npc - Pa 60 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.